The New Jersey Music Institute is a fresh and practical option in musical education. It eliminates the bureaucracy and politics of higher education while still providing the knowledge and experience of collegiate music courses.
Students can expect a reasonable approach to their education, more like a classroom apprenticeship than the simple regurgitation of information. Courses are designed to be more than a high school advanced placement class but not quite an adult enrichment class. The practical approach to music education places emphasis on showing students why the course material matters in the context of advancing one’s musical skills and/or career.
The overall program is designed to give students a balance between required theory study and elective subject study. Students can complete the course of study in four years (the equivalent of eight semesters) by only taking one course at a time. This allows students to “have a life” outside of the NJMI education. Students can also “place out” of courses via testing to complete the program sooner. (A quicker pace for certain students is also possible.) Courses meet on average for one hour once per week for ten weeks.
Upon completion of the program and receipt of the NJMI Certificate of Completion, students should be adequately prepared with a reasonable foundation of musical knowledge to take their musical journey to the next level, such as by entering another collegiate music program at an advanced point (like having musical prerequisites completed or being able to “place out” of other requirements), or being properly prepared to comfortably enter the musical workforce at a minimum of the bottom rung.
However, prospective students should never feel like the NJMI education is solely for music majors or professional musicians; people looking to hone their skills for their own enjoyment are just as welcome as those trying to break into (or advance through) the business.
Students can expect a reasonable approach to their education, more like a classroom apprenticeship than the simple regurgitation of information. Courses are designed to be more than a high school advanced placement class but not quite an adult enrichment class. The practical approach to music education places emphasis on showing students why the course material matters in the context of advancing one’s musical skills and/or career.
The overall program is designed to give students a balance between required theory study and elective subject study. Students can complete the course of study in four years (the equivalent of eight semesters) by only taking one course at a time. This allows students to “have a life” outside of the NJMI education. Students can also “place out” of courses via testing to complete the program sooner. (A quicker pace for certain students is also possible.) Courses meet on average for one hour once per week for ten weeks.
Upon completion of the program and receipt of the NJMI Certificate of Completion, students should be adequately prepared with a reasonable foundation of musical knowledge to take their musical journey to the next level, such as by entering another collegiate music program at an advanced point (like having musical prerequisites completed or being able to “place out” of other requirements), or being properly prepared to comfortably enter the musical workforce at a minimum of the bottom rung.
However, prospective students should never feel like the NJMI education is solely for music majors or professional musicians; people looking to hone their skills for their own enjoyment are just as welcome as those trying to break into (or advance through) the business.